Comments about ‘Letter: Call the game’

Small market sports are awful in many area. Announcers, as you mention, local
sports radio, which will put a rock to sleep, sports reporting tends to omit
lots of sports news of national interest. But as a peripheral Jazz fan---having
moved here from a big sports market---I agree wholeheartedly. These would never
get a job in sports in a big market.

I like their coverage. If you don't like it... Turn it down and listen
to the radio guy (have fun with that). I like them.

Firing them
because you missed one play seems pretty harsh.

From the sample
questions I think I know the interview you are talking about (the chat with
Gordon Hayward). I thought that was a good interview. They ran out of time
and should have skipped the quick-question part, but some people like that
part.

Just because you didn't find them interesting doesn't
mean nobody did... or that nobody should be able to hear their coverage of the
game because you don't like them.

Bollerjack is in high demand
nationwide and does get gigs in "big markets" for both football and
basketball broadcasts. I think he does a good job (most of the time). We are
lucky to have him. It could be worse. You could have the radio guy.

Harpring is not a polished broadcaster, but he's a veteran player, and I
like to hear a players perspective too.

I agree with the author. I watch Jazz games with the sound turned off. What I
want from Bolerjack is play-by-play. What I want from Harpring is analysis. I
get too little of either to really enjoy them. The analysis in my viewing area
(with friends and family) is actually much better than what I'm getting
from these two.

They do try to be comedians and neither is very
funny.

Sometimes I don't think Boler even knows what he is
saying or what the words mean.- Every time someone shoots a three, he
calls it a long three. Really? Is there such a thing as a short 3?- Any
ball off the front of the rim is because the shooter short-armed it. Does he
even know what it means to short-arm a shot? I've seen many short shots
where the shooters arm is fully extended. He just misjudged the distance.

I had high hopes for Harpring but he allowed himself to be Boler-ized.
When he provides analysis, it's pretty good. But I don't want to wade
through 20 minutes of weak comedy to get a small nugget of insight.

You do realize that Craig Bolerjack works for CBS
College Football as game caller, Right? that he is one of the leaders in the
industry for calling games? Why do you think he is not doing all the Jazz games
during the football seasons?

RE: "The analysis in my viewing area (with friends and family) is actually
much better than what I'm getting from these two"...

Oh
boy... I would LOVE to watch the game with you know-it-alls.

You have
to turn the sound down because you know so much, and so you can hear yourselvs
talk it's so brilliant... your friends and family have better insights than
the prophessional broadcasters with a team of statisticians and replay
technicians replaying and replaying things and querying statistics and talking
in their ear?? Wow... It must be fun to watch a game with a bunch of sports
geniuses like you guys.

I hope the interviews with players and
coaches at your house (like the one with Gordon Hayward referenced in the
article) are better too.

Oh wait... you don't have access to
the players and the coaches to talk to them.. do you? But what you and your
friends have to say is so much more valuaable anyway... who needs interviews
with the players and coaches.